Making URLs case insensitive for lighttpd

jevgienij · 10-06-2018, 08:19 AM

I have a small content download service for an old game. Unfortunatelly, it may call for a file using different upper/lowercase characters. That I can't change. Basically I need my webserver to accept request for a file i.e. /asd however it's requested - both http://localhost/asd and http://localhost/AsD etc. I've found that it is possible with Apache but I don't want to change webserver. Is it possible with lighttpd? So far I created an ntfs partition in a loop file which solves my problem but this is not the right or elegant way.

scasey · 10-07-2018, 04:09 AM

I do this with links.
Actual dir is asd
Link to asd at ASD, AsD, etc.

jevgienij · 10-07-2018, 01:13 PM

Should I create a symlink containing every possibility for 500 files? That would be way too much symlinks. NTFS loop partition wins so far.

scasey · 10-07-2018, 04:32 PM

I was suggesting links for the containing directory.

ondoho · 10-08-2018, 12:38 AM

i wonder if these requests could be turned all lower-case before the server processes them.

when i enter LINUXQUESTIONS.ORG in my browser, it takes me to linuxquestions alright.
when i ping LINUXQUESTIONS.ORG, it pings alright.

scasey · 10-08-2018, 02:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

i wonder if these requests could be turned all lower-case before the server processes them.

when i enter LINUXQUESTIONS.ORG in my browser, it takes me to linuxquestions alright.
when i ping LINUXQUESTIONS.ORG, it pings alright.

Domain names are not case sensitive...only what’s after the first slash(/), and then only if the server is case sensitive...that is not windows.

ondoho · 10-08-2018, 11:03 PM

^ i see.
however, the solution should be much simpler than serving from an ntfs partition.
a simple regex url rewrite thingymajick in the server's config?
for apache, one could probably find this through a web search...

nelz · 11-04-2018, 05:47 PM

Add

Code:

server.force-lowercase-filenames = "enable"

to lighttpd.conf to force this server wide, otherwise use mod_rewrite.